English Etymology From Latin American Sp. juzgao, variant of standard Spanish term|juzgado||court, courthouse.
Pronunciation IPA|/ËhuËsgaÊ/
Noun en-noun
#context|US|slang A jail. #*2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage 2007, p. 424: #*:There's parts of Mexico they'd take you straight to the hoosegow for just whistlin that.
es:hoosegow vi:hoosegow zh:hoosegow
